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Ms. Mary B. Cranston, J.D., Esq., is a Senior Partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Ms. Cranston serves as the Chairman of the Board of Commonwealth Club of California. Ms. Cranston serves as the Chairman of Western Region Advisory Board of Catalyst Inc. Ms. Cranston served as the Chairman of the Board of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP for 8 years and during that time, she expanded it from a regional California base into an international platform through ... two of the largest law firm mergers in history, and added seven offices. Ms. Cranston served as a Presiding Director at GrafTech International Ltd. She serves as a Director at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. She serves as a Director of Catalyst Inc. She has been a Director of Juniper Networks, Inc., since November 2007, AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah Insurance Exchange since 2008 and Visa U.S.A. Inc. since October 2007 and an Independent Director at VISA Inc. since October 2007. She served as a Director of Visa International Service Association since October 2007 and International Rectifier Corporation since May 15, 2008. She served as a Director of Exponent Inc. from June 2010 to May 29, 2014. She served as a Director at GrafTech since 2000. She served as a Trustee of San Francisco Ballet Association. She is a Member of the American College of Trial Lawyers. She was named one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" by the National Law Journal, one of two "Best Law Firm Leaders in the United States" by Of Counsel and was profiled as "One of the Best Female Antitrust Lawyers in the World" by Global Competition Review. In 2005, she was the recipient of the Margaret Brent Award, the American Bar Association’s highest award for women lawyers given for legal excellence and for paving the way for other women lawyers. Ms. Cranston has been practicing complex litigation, including antitrust, telecommunications and securities litigation since 1975. Ms. Cranston holds an AB degree in Political Science from Stanford University, a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles.

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